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Belt game 2,252 · December 7, 1972

Atlanta Hawks take the belt

Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 94–89 on the road to start reign 991 of the NBA belt, the 95th for the franchise.

Chicago Bulls had held it since December 5, 1972, with 0 defenses over 2 days.

Atlanta Hawks held it for 3 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Sacramento Kings on December 10, 1972.

991Reign number
95Team's reign
1Defenses
3Days held
Box score

Atlanta Hawks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Pete Maravich503975——17-27—5-5
Walt Bellamy4825241——10-20—5-7
George Trapp301291——5-13—2-5
Herm Gilliam48846——4-10—0-0
Lou Hudson38562——1-10—3-4
Jim Washington38491——2-12—0-0
Steve Bracey8110——0-3—1-2
Bob Christian5001——0-1—0-0

Chicago Bulls

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Bob Love4126110——12-23—2-2
Bob Weiss501524——6-12—3-4
Norm Van Lier391357——4-16—5-6
Clifford Ray4412193——5-11—2-4
Chet Walker38963——3-10—3-4
Garfield Heard20642——3-10—0-0
Rowland Garrett7410——2-2—0-0
Jim King13210——0-6—2-2
Frank Russell4200——0-2—2-2
Dennis Awtrey9032——0-1—0-0

Player box scores: Historical NBA Data and Player Box Scores by Eoin Moore (CC0).

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